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Asperula
Sign in to saveAsperula, commonly known as woodruff, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 91 species and has a wide distribution area from Europe, northern Africa, temperate and subtropical Asia to Australasia.
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Asperula, commonly known as woodruffs, is a genus of plants within the family Rubiaceae. It belongs to the order Gentianales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The taxonomic status of this genus is accepted.
Records for Asperula have been documented in Spain, Australia, Italy, the United States, and Algeria. These records are held by institutions including MEL, CAS, RSA, CM, and NCSC. The genus has an occurrence count of 85927 and a record count of 565, with 399 associated media items.
Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Plants of the World, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
woodruffs
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 565
- With media
- 399
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- MEL, CAS, RSA, CM, NCSC, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Spain, Australia, Italy, United States, Algeria, Morocco, Switzerland, Iran
Wikidata facts
Show 9 more facts
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Asperula
- Commons category
- Asperula
- taxonomic type
- Asperula arvensis
- topic's main category
- Category:Asperula
- Commons gallery
- Asperula
- taxon common name
- 车叶草属
- has fruit type
- nucule
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